Historical Collections Online
Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.
photograph / Dublin Tram, 1947
Dublin Tram 1947. 1/4 plate photograph showing tram no. 314 on route 8 near Dun Laoighaire.
illustration / Illustrations of Irish trains, 1964
Illustrations of Irish trains. Taken from Railway Magazine, 1964, and Railway World, 1967, and showing the 'Maedhbh', UTA rail cars 4 and 101, UTA tank 19, 'Maedhbh', GNR/CIE railbus 8177, GNR Merryweather horse-drawn fire engine, train drawn by engine no. 30 at Queen's Quay Belfast, train drawn by...
newspaper article / Reliving the Age of Steam in Ireland
"Reliving the Age of Steam in Ireland". Full coloured illustrated article by Drew Donaldson, pp308-312 of Model and Miniature Railways.
article / The Belfast and County Down Railway, 1950
The Belfast and County Down Railway. 2pp photographs before closedown from Railway Magazine, March 1950
railway ticket / Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, 1954
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, S.L.N.C.R., ticket. 3rd class single Dromahair to Sligo no.2716, fare 2/3, issued 5 July 1954.
railway ticket / Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, S.L.N.C.R., ticket. 1st class return Sligo to Armagh via Enniskillen no. 035 fare 47/4.
railway ticket / Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, S.L.N.C.R., ticket. 1st class single Collooney to Ballintogher no. 42 fare 1/1.
railway ticket / Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, L.& L.S., RIV ticket. 3rd class excursion return, no.2137, Creeslough/Letterkenny.
photograph / 2.4.OT Steam Engine, Dun Laoghaire
Postcard photograph. 2.4.OT Steam Engine shunting at Dun Laoghaire, showing Engine no. 125. Dublin and South East, Leitrim. Great Southern Railway.
photograph / Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway Station, c.1900
Railway Photograph c. 1900. Mounted snapshot showing 5 men at the notice for the Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway Station.
stirrup /
Stirrup, of bronze with a leather sole. With leather covered padding. Leather stamped ' Lennan's Patent Dublin 1735 99'.
legal document / Dublin and Kingstown Railway
Bound set of documents - Dublin and Kingstown Railway extension to Bray, subscribers' agreement. Signed by Barrett and Farrell.
photograph / Great Northern Railway, Lugnaquilla
Photograph. Locomotive No. 190, Lugnaquilla. Great Northern Railway (Ireland). Renewed S Class locomotive, completed in the Dundlak Works in 1939. Engine originally built c. 1915.
mail coach /
Holland and Holland coach with drivers bench and three others, 2 on roof, dos-a-dos, but with trunk space between and `guards seat'. It has proper `telegraph' or `mail' springs and there is a part crest of lion rampart and crowned head on the door. Harness with similar nickel embossing on the...
phaeton /
This park phaeton features a leather dash and a rumble seat. It is probably too large to be called a `ladies' phaeton. It also features the `lion and crowned head' crest. Wooden body painted brown and dark red. Wooden wheels with metal rims. Turntable mechanism to the front, with ‘C’ springs. ...
ticket / Belfast Tramway Department
Small brass badge, with red and white enamelling. Stamped in the centre with the number 2214. 'Belfast Tramway Department / School Badge / not transferable' around. A pass for a school child to ride the Belfast street trams. The Belfast Tramway Department was operational between 1872 and 1905.
phaeton / Spider phaeton
Spider phaeton. Light four-wheeled passenger carriage. Two-seater, single horse. Turntable mechanism to the front, metal. Wooden wheels with metal rims. Leather seat with button and diamond decoration. Leather and metal driver seat to the rear. Painted black leather panel to the front. Body of...
plate / S.S. Cumbria
Ceramic plate, handpainted, stamped ‘335’ on back. With scene of ship - the S.S. Cumbria. Steamship, launched 1896 as 'Cumbria. Built by Ailsa Shipbiuilding Company, yard no. 58, engines by Dunsmuir & Jackson, Glasgow. Registered at Cork Port. Scrapped 1925.
share certificate / Letterkenny Railway Company, 1864
Share certificate for the Letterkenny Railway Company. One £10 share. In the names of Henry Greene and Charles W ? of Letterkenny. Share no. 5741, dated 11 October 1864. Signed by Secretary John Story.